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Touchscreens and Hover states

With the huge popularity of mobile touch devices and the current major drive to make everything web related compatible with these devices, today’s Design Reviver Answers discussion is certainly relevant with current development trends. The question that was asked was “Will Touchscreen devices make hover states a thing of the past?”

You can leave your thoughts and point-of-view below, or you can leave your answer on the original question on Answers here: Will Touchscreen devices make hover states a thing of the past?

Will Touchscreen devices make hover states a thing of the past?

Will Touchscreen devices make hover states a thing of the past?
This question was originally asked by Mpstud.

The best answer comes from Darrell Estabrook :

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Amazing Pure CSS3 Experiments

The new and revitalized CSS3 properties have not only opened up many, many marvelous development solutions for web designers, it has also allowed talented developers to push the boat out further and showcase there CSS skills by building and styling in ways that were never ever thought possible previously.

In today’s news round-up we take a look at some of these amazing experimental pure CSS3 creations…

Please note, you will need either the latest version of Safari or the Chrome browser to fully experience these CSS3 experiments.

iOS Icons Made in Pure CSS

iOS Icons Made in Pure CSS

iOS Icons Made in Pure CSS

iPhone CSS3

iPhone CSS3

iPhone CSS3

Pure CSS Twitter Fail Whale

Pure CSS Twitter Fail Whale

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A Selection of Mobile UI Wireframe Sketches

Reading about the UI design process of any web site, web application or even a mobile app can be very informative and inspirational for any designer. But nothing would beat experiencing the initial design process, as the original designer did, and getting the chance to view the fruition of a UI concept. The only way you could experience this is by having a look at the designers initial wireframe sketches, and that is exactly what we have for you today in this news round-up – A Selection of Mobile UI Wireframe Sketches.

iPhone Sketches: Paper, Pencils, Wooden Forms, Ink and Brush

Paper, Pencils, Wooden Forms, Ink and Brush

Paper, Pencils, Wooden Forms, Ink and Brush

iPhone Sketches: Paper, Pencils, Wooden Forms, Ink and Brush

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Ideal resolution for an image on the web

What do you recommend? Should your web image have a resolution of 72dpi or is it irrelevant as the browser works in pixels and 100 pixels are 100 pixels no matter what dpi you select? What do you think?

You can leave your thoughts or recommendations below, or you can leave your answer on the original question on Answers here: What resolution do you recommend for an image on the web?

What resolution do you recommend for an image on the web?

What resolution do you recommend for an image on the web?
This question was originally asked by Kevin M..

There have been four varied answers so far, you can view them below:

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Three Kick-Ass Web Developer Tutorials

Sometimes to get your development juices flowing you just need a meaty project or an in-depth tutorial that you can sink your teeth into and lose yourself for a few hours in coding bliss. And that’s what we have for you today, three tutorials that will satisfy your code craving! They are not only roll-up-your-sleeves and put-on-a-pot-of-coffee good but they will also introduce you to some of the latest CSS3, HTML5 and jQuery techniques.

A jQuery, CSS3 & HTML5 Hover-Based Interface

A jQuery, CSS3 & HTML5 Hover-Based Interface

In this awesome tutorial you will learn how to create a useful hover-based user interface using jQuery, CSS3, HTML5 and @font-face. The project you’ll be creating could easily be used for a portfolio or business site and the concepts you’ll ...

Our Favorite Freebies from the Past Week

For today’s news we have collected our favorites design and development related freebies from the the past week and thought they were that good, that we simply had to share them with our readers.

“Buddycons” – Vector Social Media Icons

Buddycons – Vector Social Media Icons

The icon set is called “Buddycons” and includes 126 vector social media icons. Included in the set are PNG versions of all 126 icons in both circular and rounded variations as well as a vector source file for easy resizing. The icons are free to use for personal and commercial usage, however, redistribution is not allowed.
“Buddycons” – Vector Social Media Icons

Free PSD Templates: vCard Personal Portfolio Minisite

vCard Personal Portfolio Minisite

This PSD design comes in 4 ...

Best Standards and Guidelines for Graphic Designers

The basis for this weeks Answers reader discussion is essentially a chance to share what you feel are the best graphic design standards for an inhouse design agency.

What do you think? Is there set standards and guidelines for graphic designers in inhouse agencies? You can leave your comment below, or you can leave your answer on the original question on here: What are the best standards and guidelines for graphic designers who work for inhouse design agencies?

What are the standards and guidelines for graphic designers who work for inhouse design agencies?

what are the best standards and guidelines for graphic designers who work for inhouse design agencies?
This question was originally asked by an Unregistered User, and you will find the best answer below:

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Two High Quality and Massive Icon Sets

There are not many iconsets that can match the quality nor the quantity of icons that we feature in todays design news roundup. The first set, released this week by WPZOOM, has over 500 icons for every social network service you could possibly think of. And the second set, also released this week, has over 170 crafted icons perfect for web design brought to you by WooTheme.

500 Free Icons Social Networking Icon Set from WPZOOM

500 Free Icons Social Networking Icon Set from WPZOOM

This awesome icon set includes 100 icons of popular social networking websites. Every icon from WPZOOMs Social Networking Icon Set is available in 5 different sizes: 64×64, 48×48, 32×32, 24×24 and 16×16px (PNG & PSD format), which means you get 500 beautiful icons!

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Four Fresh-Out-of-the-Oven Web Apps and Resources

For todays news we have four fresh-out-of-the-oven web apps and resources that we think will simply blow your socks off. There are a couple of HTML5 tools which have taken the design community by storm this past week, there is also a new jQery framework for smartphones and tablets and, last but not least, the coolest web-based digital drawing app you would have seen in a long time.

HTML5 Boilerplate

HTML5 Boilerplate

HTML5 Boilerplate is a professional base HTML/CSS/JS template for fast, robust and future-proof web design. It has taken more than two years to develop and build all of its awesome features: Cross-browser normalization, performance optimizations, even optional features like cross-domain ajax and flash and much, much more.
HTML5 Boilerplate

HTML5 Reset

HTML5 Reset

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Using PHP Show Different Content to Visitors From a Specific Country

Our topic for today’s Design Reviver Answers news round-up is a question that was recently asked on PHP. And to be more specific the question was How Do I Show Different Content to Visitors From a Specific Country Using PHP?

Do you have an alternative solution, maybe a fresher technique? You can leave your comment below, or you can leave a your answer on the original question on Answers here

How Do I Show Different Content to Visitors From a Specific Country Using PHP?

How Do I Show Different Content to Visitors From a Specific Country Using PHP?
This question was originally asked by a Devone, and you will find the best answer below:

The Best Answer came from an Unregistered User:

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